Effects of state-level policy changes on homicide and nonfatal shootings of law enforcement officers

Injury Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 274-278

  Crifasi, Cassandra K ^a   Pollack, Keshia M ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HOMICIDE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEAPON; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; POLICE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84954290212     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041825     Document Type: Article

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